You don’t need to obviously do that, a reasonably wide lens and you “reading social media” would do the same. It happens all the fucking time.
No, I don’t think it happens “all the fucking time”. That it happens is granted. I don’t think it’s that common.
I’m saying it’s exactly the same on a phone, don’t delude yourself that it isn’t happening or that it’d be totally obvious
Smartphones have an incredibly range of usage, and no one ever advertised them as “tool to secretly take pics and videos of people around you”. And no, it’s not that easy to film people secretly: you need to maintain the phone with the right orientation for an extended period of time and if you or the target move, it gets more and more obvious.
Smartglasses are almost made for that, and the abuses are already showing out there:
This comparison is like saying that, because a car can be used to run over pedestrians at any time, there is no reason to be alarmed about people installing the Crosswalk-pocalypse 5000 (now with 30% more spikes!) on their front bumper.
Of course we know people can discretely record you with a phone. The difference is that the fraction of people doing that is very small, while the percentage of people doing that with Meta glasses is basically 100%.
Now your turn… what is your definition of “very small”, and where is your citation that a larger percentage of the population uses their phone camera to discretely creep on people?
My problem is we’ve let it through literally everywhere else, cameras, cellphones, public survielance, dashcams. The one thing that i’d actually like to be able not to pull my phones out for is the hill to die on. it just all seems really fucking pointless
You don’t need to obviously do that, a reasonably wide lens and you “reading social media” would do the same. It happens all the fucking time.
Assume every time someone has their phone in front of them their camera is on and has at least a 45 degree viewing angle.
I’m saying it’s exactly the same on a phone, don’t delude yourself that it isn’t happening or that it’d be totally obvious
No, I don’t think it happens “all the fucking time”. That it happens is granted. I don’t think it’s that common.
Smartphones have an incredibly range of usage, and no one ever advertised them as “tool to secretly take pics and videos of people around you”. And no, it’s not that easy to film people secretly: you need to maintain the phone with the right orientation for an extended period of time and if you or the target move, it gets more and more obvious.
Smartglasses are almost made for that, and the abuses are already showing out there:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/meta-glasses-app-covert-filming-women-girls-safety-b2942005.html https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/meta-glasses-covert-recording-9.7139927 https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/world/manfluencers-smart-glasses-intl https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23ke7rm7go
I’m not the delusional here. You’re in denial of what’s already happening. And without a strong regulation, it will get worse.
This comparison is like saying that, because a car can be used to run over pedestrians at any time, there is no reason to be alarmed about people installing the Crosswalk-pocalypse 5000 (now with 30% more spikes!) on their front bumper.
Of course we know people can discretely record you with a phone. The difference is that the fraction of people doing that is very small, while the percentage of people doing that with Meta glasses is basically 100%.
care to give me any citation at all on that?
Honestly, pulling it out of my ass.
Now your turn… what is your definition of “very small”, and where is your citation that a larger percentage of the population uses their phone camera to discretely creep on people?
Okay? I don’t want to make it easier for pervs to record people.
rumba is obviously a perv. we all get it now.
My problem is we’ve let it through literally everywhere else, cameras, cellphones, public survielance, dashcams. The one thing that i’d actually like to be able not to pull my phones out for is the hill to die on. it just all seems really fucking pointless